Name: Around The Thought by Democrat Hound
Duration: 4 min 2 s
Description: Here is a peek at the lead for the newest song from Democrat Hound. Working to get a completed album finished so any support and feedback would be greatly appreciated.

@spiritmirrormix merging matter and mind on nts

Gabriola ~ Midnight Vapour Trail Ep.58

Demo_05

Demo_03

Produced by Sam Hengst
Recorded, mixed & engineered by Sam Hengst
Written by Sam Hengst & Eli Wilcox
Drums: Stellan Mathinsen
Bass: Eli Wilcox
Guitars & Vocals: Sam Hengst

Recorded on stage @ The Factory Luxe in the Old Rainier Brewery April, 2021

Runnin Away (Demo)

Recorded on stage at The Factory Luxe in the Old Rainier Brewery, Seattle WA
Late 2020

Live & un- rehearsed recording by Sam Hengst on Tascam 4 track cassette deck

Guitar - Sam Hengst
Bass- Eli Wilcox
Drums- Stellan Mathinsen

Demo 02

Dark Entries is proud to release "Versions Of A Life", a collection of recorded works by London, UK post-punk band Ski Patrol. Formed in 1979 by singer Ian Lowery and guitarist Nick Clift, the band played moody, epic, angular music. Active until late 1981, Ski Patrol’s musical and lyrical output mirrored the dub-reggae influences of their Brixton and Ladbroke Grove home-bases, the civil unrest of post-punk Britain and the freedom to push aside the rock rulebook as had been done by their peers PiL and Gang Of Four. They self-released their first single in early 1980 with the help of Rough Trade and came to the attention of Malicious Damage, a label & management operation, formed to release the early works of Killing Joke. This association produced the band’s biggest success, the 1980 indie chart hit "Agent Orange" (featuring Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman on synth).
 "Versions Of A Life" collects Ski Patrol’s recorded output in one place for the first time. This anthology also shines a light on the darkly comic, paranoid, often elegiac gutter poetry of the late Ian Lowery, who passed away in 2001.  Including the band’s first two singles, previously unreleased mixes of their third single and three unreleased songs from their last studio session. All songs are remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. The vinyl comes housed in a glossy jacket with an unreleased photo of the band. Each copy includes a reproduction of a promotional poster with lyrics from 1981 designed by Mike Coles, the Malicious Damage house artist responsible for the label’s iconic album and single covers.


Agent Orange

PRE-ORDER: http://www.darkentriesrecords.com/store/dark-entries/ski-patrol-versions-of-a-life-recordings-1979-81-lp/

Dark Entries is proud to release "Versions Of A Life", a collection of recorded works by London, UK post-punk band Ski Patrol. Formed in 1979 by singer Ian Lowery and guitarist Nick Clift, the band played moody, epic, angular music. Active until late 1981, Ski Patrol’s musical and lyrical output mirrored the dub-reggae influences of their Brixton and Ladbroke Grove home-bases, the civil unrest of post-punk Britain and the freedom to push aside the rock rulebook as had been done by their peers PiL and Gang Of Four. They self-released their first single in early 1980 with the help of Rough Trade and came to the attention of Malicious Damage, a label & management operation, formed to release the early works of Killing Joke. This association produced the band’s biggest success, the 1980 indie chart hit "Agent Orange" (featuring Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman on synth).
 "Versions Of A Life" collects Ski Patrol’s recorded output in one place for the first time. This anthology also shines a light on the darkly comic, paranoid, often elegiac gutter poetry of the late Ian Lowery, who passed away in 2001.  Including the band’s first two singles, previously unreleased mixes of their third single and three unreleased songs from their last studio session. All songs are remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. The vinyl comes housed in a glossy jacket with an unreleased photo of the band. Each copy includes a reproduction of a promotional poster with lyrics from 1981 designed by Mike Coles, the Malicious Damage house artist responsible for the label’s iconic album and single covers.


Driving

Xymox was founded in Nijmegen, a city in the east of the Netherlands in 1983 by Ronny Moorings (Vocals, Guitars, Synthesizers) and Anka Wolbert (Vocals, Bass). Ronny saved up his money to buy a TEAC 144 four-track tape recorder and the duo moved to Amsterdam in April 1983. They began to record songs utilizing a Yamaha CS-15, Korg MS-10 and MS-20, a BOSS Dr. Rhythm DR-550, guitar and effects pedals. All of the recording were made pre-computers. They layered the drone-like tones of monophonic synthesizers alongside tape loops and rhythm tracks, then played guitar and bass. The 5-song EP “Subsequent Pleasures" was released in 1984 and limited to 500 vinyl copies. A precursor to the dark wave sounds they would champion on their self-titled 4AD Record debut the following year. One song from the EP, “Muscoviet Musquito”, was later re-recorded for the compilation album “Lonely Is An Eyesore” released by 4AD in 1987. Since Anka was designing silk-screened posters for a music venue called Oktopus, the band had access to the facilities. Anka based the sleeve design on a drawing she had done of Ronny lying in the grass that summer and used some cutouts and details of other photos.
All songs have been remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. All jackets have been silk-screened with pink and grey paint, using the original plates Anka created in 1984. Each copy includes a fold-out pink newsprint poster with never before seen photos of the band, lyrics and liner notes by Anka and Ronny. See the colors and waves in this deluxe 30th anniversary edition of a classic piece of Dutch history, highly sought after by collectors.

05 Abysmal Thoughts

Live basement recordings off of a cellular phone

Guitar, Vocals - Jackson Christian
Drums - Spencer Christian
Bass - Sam Hengst

Out Of Focus

Big Red

Here is a peek at the lead for the newest song from Democrat Hound. Working to get a completed album finished so any support and feedback would be greatly appreciated. 

Around The Thought

"He who is not bold enough
to be stared at from across
the abyss is not bold enough
to stare into it himself.

The truth can only be learned
by marching forward"
- Hiroyuki Owaku - 

https://instagram.com/democrathound?igshid=bdzyzdq24w67

Email: democrathound@gmail.com for any/all inquiries.
we are open to like minded vocalists whom are interested in collaboration as well.

Around The Thought

Democrat Hound

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